From: Pete Fyfe [petefyfe_at_aol_dot_com]
Sent: 10 August 2012 09:56
Subject: Pete Fyfe: Scott Murray review & sleeve
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SCOTT MURRAY Evenin?s Fa? (PARTAN 01CD)

The oft quoted saying ?take a chill pill? springs to mind whilst listening to the sweet honeyed vocals of Scott Murray. Although not quite lugubrious Murray?s vocals and accompaniment takes you back to the first time you walked into a folk club at least if you?re forty or over. And there?s nothing wrong in that particularly if (like me) you?re trying to put aside the ravages of time. Aided amongst others by Jenny Gardner (fiddle), Jim Malcolm (?Moothie? or harmonica to us wet
Southerners!) and Martin Green on accordion the album will transport you to a time when the world was, shall we say a ?nicer? place.
Conjuring images of days gone by including watching your daughter playing on a desolate beach (?Cartwheel?) or the jaunty Gardner tune setting for ?A Dyker?s Compliments? this is an album that will ward off any ill feeling towards your fellow man. A case in point is the lyric of the song ?Clarabad Mill? that allows for a bit of poetic licence to change the outcomes of two of his ancestors. In a quirky way this song also provides a map of the East Lothian, Northumberland and Berwickshire areas via the use of the names of several farms and mills.
A glossary of Scots dialect may have come in handy to interpret some of the lyrics but that little niggle aside much like the Olympics at the moment this album will put a smile on your face and a warm feeling that should be enjoyed by anyone who has a heart. www.scottmurraysongs.co.uk

PETE FYFE